Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

United States Stamps continued...

**Classic Illustrated Covers:**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
131		1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Beautiful Plate 1 Early color, large margins to just barely in, tied by red grid of squares, matching "Hockanum Ct. Mar. 10" circular datestamp on illustrated Temperance cover to East Granby Conn. VERY FINE. AN IMMACULATE AND RARE TEMPERANCE COVER WITH THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE. Ex Brooks and Fleckenstein. Signed Ashbrook. (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	2,600.00
132		1c Blue, Ty. V (24). Three singles, slightly overlapping and cancelled by bold red grids, matching "Vernon Vt. Oct. 31" circular datestamp on illustrated Fremont campaign cover to Amherst Mass., rare design with cavalry charge against Indians depicted, trivial edge wear, fresh and Very Fine (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,500.00
133		3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to just in, tied by "Gorham N.H. Sep. 1" circular datestamp on orange illustrated Buchanan & Breckenridge campaign cover to Winthrop Me., original 1856-dated enclosure, trivial edge wear, Very Fine and rare design (Image)	E. 750-1,000	1,800.00
134		3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. II (26). Well-centered, tied by "Paid 3" in arc and "Tiffin Ohio Sep. 5, 1860" circular datestamp on Stephen Douglas Campaign/Advertising cover in black on buff with Davis displaying a prominent Black Eye due to overinking, illustration at right of "The Cabinet Maker of 1831" with hand-drawn pipe billowing smoke, flap opening ends in tear on front at upper left which has been skillfully mended, beautiful and Very Fine, an attractive and rare usage with interesting hand-drawn additions (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	2,300.00
136		3c Rose (65). Rich color, tied by "Norfolk Ct. Jan. 26" circular datestamp on cover with blue Lincoln & Hamlin campaign embossed cameo design with Eaves imprint, to West Hinsted Conn., ribbon at bottom of design reads "I do not expect the house to fall but I expect that it will cease to be divided", slightly reduced at left just barely into design, Very Fine, an extremely rare Eaves design for Lincoln's first campaign, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	1,500.00
137		3c Rose (65). Tied by quartered cork on dark purple lithographed Lincoln & Johnson campaign cover to N. Bridgewater Mass., red "Boston Mass. Oct. 11" double-circle datestamp, L. Prang & Co. Boston imprint, slightly reduced at left, trivial small edge tear, still Very Fine, a handsome design, superSeded by a second version with a better likeness of Lincoln, which may explain the greater rarity of this type (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	1,300.00
138		3c Rose (65). Well-centered, tied by greenish-blue "Cincinnati O. Jun. 1" double-circle datestamp on brownish violet McClellan & Pendleton 1864 campaign cover to Chicago, L. Prang & Co. Boston imprint, "Little Mack" slogan in frame at left, stamp surrounded by frame at right, fresh and Extremely Fine, one of the finest of the few McLellan campaign covers extant, from our 1992 Rarities sale (realized $2,800), with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	4,250.00
139		3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26). Tied by grid and "Plattsburgh N.Y. Jul. 10" circular datestamp on cover to Sheldon Vt. with "Elliot's Revolver. Full Size." illustrated advertisement covering almost the entire area of envelope, S. W. Orr imprint, Extremely Fine, a spectacular design, ex Brown (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	5,000.00

Classic Illustrated Covers:

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

131

1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Beautiful Plate 1 Early color, large margins to just barely in, tied by red grid of squares, matching "Hockanum Ct. Mar. 10" circular datestamp on illustrated Temperance cover to East Granby Conn.

VERY FINE. AN IMMACULATE AND RARE TEMPERANCE COVER WITH THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

Ex Brooks and Fleckenstein. Signed Ashbrook. (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

2,600.00

132

1c Blue, Ty. V (24). Three singles, slightly overlapping and cancelled by bold red grids, matching "Vernon Vt. Oct. 31" circular datestamp on illustrated Fremont campaign cover to Amherst Mass., rare design with cavalry charge against Indians depicted, trivial edge wear, fresh and Very Fine (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,500.00

133

3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to just in, tied by "Gorham N.H. Sep. 1" circular datestamp on orange illustrated Buchanan & Breckenridge campaign cover to Winthrop Me., original 1856-dated enclosure, trivial edge wear, Very Fine and rare design (Image)

E. 750-1,000

1,800.00

134

3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. II (26). Well-centered, tied by "Paid 3" in arc and "Tiffin Ohio Sep. 5, 1860" circular datestamp on Stephen Douglas Campaign/Advertising cover in black on buff with Davis displaying a prominent Black Eye due to overinking, illustration at right of "The Cabinet Maker of 1831" with hand-drawn pipe billowing smoke, flap opening ends in tear on front at upper left which has been skillfully mended, beautiful and Very Fine, an attractive and rare usage with interesting hand-drawn additions (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

2,300.00

136

3c Rose (65). Rich color, tied by "Norfolk Ct. Jan. 26" circular datestamp on cover with blue Lincoln & Hamlin campaign embossed cameo design with Eaves imprint, to West Hinsted Conn., ribbon at bottom of design reads "I do not expect the house to fall but I expect that it will cease to be divided", slightly reduced at left just barely into design, Very Fine, an extremely rare Eaves design for Lincoln's first campaign, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

1,500.00

137

3c Rose (65). Tied by quartered cork on dark purple lithographed Lincoln & Johnson campaign cover to N. Bridgewater Mass., red "Boston Mass. Oct. 11" double-circle datestamp, L. Prang & Co. Boston imprint, slightly reduced at left, trivial small edge tear, still Very Fine, a handsome design, superSeded by a second version with a better likeness of Lincoln, which may explain the greater rarity of this type (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

1,300.00

138

3c Rose (65). Well-centered, tied by greenish-blue "Cincinnati O. Jun. 1" double-circle datestamp on brownish violet McClellan & Pendleton 1864 campaign cover to Chicago, L. Prang & Co. Boston imprint, "Little Mack" slogan in frame at left, stamp surrounded by frame at right, fresh and Extremely Fine, one of the finest of the few McLellan campaign covers extant, from our 1992 Rarities sale (realized $2,800), with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

4,250.00

139

3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26). Tied by grid and "Plattsburgh N.Y. Jul. 10" circular datestamp on cover to Sheldon Vt. with "Elliot's Revolver. Full Size." illustrated advertisement covering almost the entire area of envelope, S. W. Orr imprint, Extremely Fine, a spectacular design, ex Brown (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

5,000.00